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HANSARD Pride in PlaceThe £5 billion investment in the pride in place programme means that Brinnington and Stockport will benefit from a £20 million investment. What does the Minister think of the…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Free-to-air Broadcasting: Cricket ParticipationLancashire, perhaps.09 Sept 2025HANSARD Free-to-air Broadcasting: Cricket ParticipationIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Max Wilkinson) on securing this important debate. I agree with him that…09 Sept 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ9. In Stockport, approximately 20% of families live in social housing. After Stockport Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors blocked the Greater Manchester spatial…16 Jul 2025HANSARD West Coast Main LineI will come back to the right hon. Lady in a minute. I will just make the point that reliability is far too poor. If we compare the annual performance for Avanti between April…15 Jul 2025HANSARD West Coast Main LineIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Murrison. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Connor Naismith) on securing this debate.…15 Jul 2025HANSARD West Coast Main LineThe data I have says 41.6%—the right hon. Lady is depriving Avanti of a crucial 1%. The service is simply not good enough. A lot of us were told that privatisation would mean more…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRoad and Rail ProjectsI welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, and I particularly thank her for the announcement just a few days ago of £2.5 billion for the public transport network in Greater…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HousePeople living only a few miles apart in Greater Manchester are being offered varying numbers of IVF cycles. In my Stockport constituency, only two IVF cycles are offered, whereas…03 Jul 2025HANSARD NHS 10-Year PlanThis weekend will mark the 77th anniversary of the national health service, and I take this opportunity to thank all NHS staff at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport. I pay…03 Jul 2025HANSARD Corporate Businesses and Franchisees: Regulatory EnvironmentWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?02 Jul 2025HANSARD Corporate Businesses and Franchisees: Regulatory EnvironmentI have worked with the Minister on a number of issues relating to his ministerial role, and he has always been helpful and proactive. As he is representing His Majesty’s…02 Jul 2025HANSARD Corporate Businesses and Franchisees: Regulatory EnvironmentI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, in particular my trade union membership. I…02 Jul 2025HANSARD Corporate Businesses and Franchisees: Regulatory EnvironmentMay I put on record that I did not use the term “right hon.” in my earlier intervention on the right hon. Gentleman and wish to correct that? Also, the right hon. Member for…02 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseNew Hope Care, a private company owned by Patrick Cheza, was operating in my constituency of Stockport. It failed its staff and exploited vulnerable workers, some of whom were…19 Jun 2025HANSARDAir India Plane CrashAll hon. Members will have the victims in their thoughts and prayers. I thank the firefighters, the first responders and the emergency service workers who helped at the crash. On…16 Jun 2025HANSARDAnimal Experiments: Medical ResearchI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Like her, I am a member of the Labour Animal Welfare Society. Will she pay tribute to the work of Animal Free Research UK,…16 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank the Minister for this important statement, but the reality is that 93% of children in Gaza—around 930,000—face the critical risk of famine. He has outlined what the…10 Jun 2025HANSARD Winter Fuel PaymentMembers on both sides of the House will have had a large volume of correspondence on this matter, so I thank the Minister for his statement. This fair policy change saves our…09 Jun 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseIt is a pleasure to serve under you in this debate, Mr Stuart, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Colne Valley (Paul Davies) on securing this important debate. A…21 May 2025